diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d49ef2e5..5f2677af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     <gson.version>2.8.5</gson.version>
     <hadoop.version>2.3.0</hadoop.version>
     <httpcomponents.version>4.5.9</httpcomponents.version>
-    <hydrator.version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</hydrator.version>
+    <hydrator.version>2.10.0-SNAPSHOT</hydrator.version>
     <jackson.version>2.9.9</jackson.version>
     <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
     <jython.version>2.7.1</jython.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/pagination/page/JsonPage.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/pagination/page/JsonPage.java
index b89d5afe..3c2b4ab0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/pagination/page/JsonPage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/pagination/page/JsonPage.java
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ public PageEntry next() {
         numPartiallyRetrieved++;
       }
 
-      resultJson.add(schemaFieldName, queryResponse.get());
+      if (!queryResponse.getRetrievedPath().equals("/")) {
+        resultJson.add(schemaFieldName, queryResponse.get());
+      }
     }
 
     String jsonString = resultJson.toString();
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/pagination/page/JSONPageTest.java b/src/test/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/pagination/page/JSONPageTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae4da90f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/cdap/plugin/http/source/common/pagination/page/JSONPageTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2022 Cask Data, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package io.cdap.plugin.http.source.common.pagination.page;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import io.cdap.cdap.api.data.format.StructuredRecord;
+import io.cdap.cdap.api.data.schema.Schema;
+import io.cdap.plugin.http.source.batch.HttpBatchSourceConfig;
+import io.cdap.plugin.http.source.common.BaseHttpSourceConfig;
+import io.cdap.plugin.http.source.common.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class JSONPageTest {
+
+  // The input schema
+  private static final Schema INPUT_SCHEMA = Schema.recordOf("input",
+          Schema.Field.of("firstName", Schema.nullableOf(Schema.of(Schema.Type.STRING))),
+          Schema.Field.of("lastName", Schema.nullableOf(Schema.of(Schema.Type.STRING))),
+          Schema.Field.of("mail", Schema.of(Schema.Type.STRING)),
+          Schema.Field.of("_id", Schema.of(Schema.Type.STRING))
+  );
+
+  private static final String JSON = "\n" +
+          "{\n" +
+          "  \"_id\": \"the_id_value\",\n" +
+          "  \"mail\": \"toto.tata@tutu.com\",\n" +
+          "  \"firstName\": \"toto\",\n" +
+          "  \"lastName\": \"tata\"\n" +
+          "}";
+
+  private static final String JSON_WITH_EMPTY = "\n" +
+          "{\n" +
+          "  \"_id\": \"the_id_value\",\n" +
+          "  \"mail\": \"toto.tata@tutu.com\"\n" +
+          "}";
+
+  static class BaseTestConfig extends HttpBatchSourceConfig {
+    BaseTestConfig(String referenceName) {
+      super(referenceName);
+      this.schema = INPUT_SCHEMA.toString();
+      this.url = "";
+      this.httpMethod = "GET";
+      this.oauth2Enabled = "false";
+      this.httpErrorsHandling = "2..:Success,.*:Fail";
+      this.retryPolicy = "linear";
+      this.maxRetryDuration = 10L;
+      this.linearRetryInterval = 1L;
+      this.waitTimeBetweenPages = 0L;
+      this.connectTimeout = 60;
+      this.readTimeout = 120;
+      this.format = "json";
+      this.keystoreType = "Java KeyStore (JKS)";
+      this.trustStoreType = "Java KeyStore (JKS)";
+      this.transportProtocols = "TLSv1.2";
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testJSONPageNominal() {
+    HttpResponse httpResponse = Mockito.mock(HttpResponse.class);
+    Mockito.when(httpResponse.getBody()).thenReturn(JSON);
+    BaseTestConfig config = new BaseTestConfig("testJsonPageNominal");
+    JsonPage jsonPage = new JsonPage(config, httpResponse);
+    PageEntry entry = jsonPage.next();
+    StructuredRecord outputRecord = entry.getRecord();
+    StructuredRecord expectedRecord = StructuredRecord.builder(INPUT_SCHEMA)
+            .set("_id", "the_id_value")
+            .set("mail", "toto.tata@tutu.com")
+            .set("firstName", "toto")
+            .set("lastName", "tata")
+            .build();
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(expectedRecord, outputRecord);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testJSONPageWithEmpty() {
+    HttpResponse httpResponse = Mockito.mock(HttpResponse.class);
+    Mockito.when(httpResponse.getBody()).thenReturn(JSON_WITH_EMPTY);
+    BaseTestConfig config = new BaseTestConfig("testJsonPageWithEmpty");
+    JsonPage jsonPage = new JsonPage(config, httpResponse);
+    PageEntry entry = jsonPage.next();
+    StructuredRecord outputRecord = entry.getRecord();
+    StructuredRecord expectedRecord = StructuredRecord.builder(INPUT_SCHEMA)
+            .set("_id", "the_id_value")
+            .set("mail", "toto.tata@tutu.com")
+            .build();
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(expectedRecord, outputRecord);
+  }
+
+}